Good day gents, id like to share some recent developments. fist off ill let this pic of the dipstick do the talking:
Yes thats not what oil should look like. thought it was just headgasket but turns out the head was cracked. not the best news ive heard if I must be honest. the next pic is sadly only one i got to see for a few hours before I had to give it away...
note thats piles of 10...
all in all it cost me R5200 (R2600 went for head recon and weld and R1300 for labor which i think is quite good)
Got the car back, it still has a slight miss and the mech says he thinks it electronic seeing as we have overhauled the whole spark system. also when in hight gear and low rpm car will stutter. I do think this cars electronics is a mess because none of the dash or cluster lights are working and when they installed the alarm and sound, sparks came out from under the cubby and there were open wires all over. who do i take it to??
anyway good part is the car pulls like a train and i love the sound of it! (Cbeem and yazeed can vouch for that

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here are some pics of it nice and clean, plastic bumper is growing on me and i cant wait for the IS numberplate holder imported from Ausi